A cold front may bring late-day thunderstorms to the DMV, some severe with damaging winds, hail and heavy rain. TOKYO (AP) - Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an ...

TOKYO -- Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an international scale -- the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster -- even as it insisted Tuesday that radiation leaks ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the ...

VIENNA/OSLO (Reuters) - The release of two types of radioactive particles in the first 3-4 days of Japan's nuclear crisis is estimated to have reached 20-50 percent of the amounts from Chernobyl in 10 ...

The problems at Japan's nuclear power plants, while serious, are unlikely to cause a massive radiation release. "It's simply impossible to imagine... Sizing Up Japan's Nuclear Emergency: No Chernobyl ...

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s coast, triggering one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant was overwhelmed by the waves, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TOKYO • Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant today to rank it on par ...

TOKYO -- Japan raised the severity level of the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing cumulative radiation leaks contaminating the air ...

TOKYO -- Japan's top government spokesman said Japanese regulators will soon announce a revision of the severity of the crisis at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, amid reports ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Japan must cool and isolate the nuclear fuel at its crippled atomic power station before trying to encase the reactors in a Chernobyl-style concrete sarcophagus, nuclear experts ...